Ishmael Jones

The sudden appearance of a sinister black hole in the English countryside leads to a baffling murder investigation for Ishmael Jones. "The past is England's dreaming, and not all of it sleeps soundly…" Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny have been despatched to assist a group of scientists who are investigating a mysterious black hole which has appeared on a Somerset hillside. Could it really be a doorway to another dimension, an opening into another world? When one of the scientists disappears into the hole – with fatal consequences – Ishmael must prove whether it was an accident – or murder. But with no clues, no witnesses and no apparent motive, he has little to go on. Is there an alien predator at large, or is an all-too-human killer responsible? Only one thing is certain: if Ishmael does not uncover the truth in time, more deaths will follow …

Although he hasn't seen Robert Bergin for 40 years, Ishmael feels duty bound to respond when his old friend calls for help. Robert's daughter Gillian is about to be married, and he is afraid she'll fall prey to the ancient family curse. Arriving in rural Yorkshire, Ishmael and his partner Penny learn that the vicar who was to perform the ceremony has been found dead in the church, hanging from his own bell rope. With no clues, no evidence and no known motive, many locals believe the curse is responsible. Or is someone just using it as a smokescreen for murder? With the wedding due to take place the following day, Ishmael has just a few hours to uncover the truth.

When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle on the late-night train to Bath, Ishmael Jones is faced with his most puzzling case to date. When Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny are asked to escort a VIP on the late-night train to Bath, it would appear to be a routine case. The Organisation has acquired intelligence that an attempt is to be made on Sir Dennis Gregson's life as he travels to Bath to take up his new position as Head of the British Psychic Weapons Division. Ishmael's mission is to ensure that Sir Dennis arrives safely. How could anyone orchestrate a murder in a crowded railway carriage without being noticed and with no obvious means of escape? When a body is discovered in a locked toilet cubicle, Ishmael Jones has just 56 minutes to solve a seemingly impossible crime before the train reaches its destination.

Ishmael Jones investigates a haunted house… but is haunted by his own past in the latest of this quirky paranormal mystery series. "That house is a bad place. Bad things happen there..." Set high on top of Widows Hill, Harrow House has remained empty for years. Now, on behalf of an anonymous prospective buyer, Ishmael and Penny are spending a night there in order to investigate the rumours of strange lights, mysterious voices, unexplained disappearances, and establish whether the house is really haunted. What really happened at Harrow House all those years ago? Joined by a celebrity psychic, a professional ghost-hunter, a local historian and a newspaper reporter, it becomes clear that each member of 'Team Ghost' has their own pet theory as to the cause of the alleged haunting. But when one of the group suddenly drops dead with no obvious cause, Ishmael realizes that if he can find out how and why the victim died, he will have the key to solving the mystery.

Returning to the small town where he crash-landed in 1963, Ishmael Jones is in search of answers. But his investigation is de-railed by a brutal murder. "I think something very bad and very dangerous has come to your little town, Inspector . . ." As long-buried memories from his hidden past begin to resurface, Ishmael Jones and his partner Penny feel compelled to return to the small country town where Ishmael crash-landed in 1963; the place where his memories began. Norton Hedley is no ordinary town. Apparitions, sudden disappearances, sightings of unusual beasts: for centuries, the place has been plagued by a series of inexplicable events. Ishmael's first task is to track down local author Vincent Smith, the one man he believes may have some answers. Ishmael and Penny aren't the only ones seeking the mysterious Mr Smith. When their search unearths a newly-dead body in the local mortuary – a body that's definitely not supposed to be there – Ishmael becomes the prime suspect in the ensuing murder investigation. His only hope of discovering the truth about his origins lies in exposing a ruthless killer.

The New York Times bestselling author continues his otherworldly Ishmael Jones noir mystery series-as an ancient mummy foreshadows a macabre murder… Death shall come on swift wings to whoever desecrates this tomb… So declared the supposed "curse" laid upon those who opened the tomb of Tutankhamun. Ishmael Jones, however, is concerned with a different Egyptian altogether when he and his lady love Penny are personally tasked by the enigmatic Colonel to attend a very special event at the stately Cardavan House. Specifically, the exhibition of the sarcophagus of the very first queen in the line of Cleopatra, an artifact beyond value. The Colonel would like to know just how collector George Cardavan-a supposedly trusted associate of the Organization-managed to acquire it. That investigation quickly turns into something much more insidious when the sarcophagus is found open with no mummy and George's brutally murdered corpse nearby. Naturally, whispers of deadly curses abound. But Ishmael knows the killer is all too real-the only question is, who? A member of the fractious Cardavan family? A thief willing to kill for treasure? Or is it something else? Something far more dangerous? Something that can be heard walking in the darkest corridors of Cardavan House, searching for its next victim…?

The New York Times bestselling author continues his genre-bending Ishmael Jones noir mystery series in a tale of missing persons and murder... For otherworldly investigator Ishmael Jones, a chance to get away to the relaxing countryside doesn't come along every day-or ever, actually. His paramour Penny is taking him to the grand reopening of the historic Cornwall inn known as Tyrone's Castle-a place with a long, dark history of smugglers, murderers, and sinister spirits. What could go wrong? A great deal, as it turns out. It begins after a cordial dinner with the other guests, when one of the hosts disappears without a trace before she can even finish her dessert. As fear and suspicion begin to infiltrate the inn, another person vanishes, and it seems as if the inn's dark history has awakened to claim a new slew of victims. Ishmael doesn't believe there's anything supernatural or ghostly behind the night's events. And the more he learns, the more he's certain that the key to solving the mystery lies not in the past but the present. Unfortunately, he has no bodies, no clues, no witnesses...no evidence of any chicanery whatsoever. But for a man like Ishmael, that just makes things a little more interesting...